Paris (AFP)
The case seems heard: dismissed for the triumphant triumph against Nîmes (3-0), Sunday, copiously insulted by the Parc des Princes, Neymar will see his departure from PSG accelerate this week.
Chance of the calendar, the presidents of the largest European clubs, including those currently negotiating the transfer of the Brazilian, will indeed meet Thursday and Friday in Liverpool.
If the reform of the Champions League will be at the center of the discussions of the Executive Committee of the European Club Association (ECA), hard to imagine that Nasser al-Khelaïfi (PSG), Josep Bartomeu (Barcelona) and Florentino Perez (Real Madrid), in particular, will not deal with the Neymar case behind the scenes.
While the player has never hidden his preference for a return to Barcelona, Paris has in recent hours asked the Catalans Philippe Coutinho, Nelson Semedo, the loan of a third player and 100 million euros in exchange for Neymar , according to the Spanish press.
A price that Barça does not seem ready to pay. But the Catalan club must deal with the threat of more and more pregnant Real Madrid.
Because the merengue club entered the game of liar poker last week, according to the Spanish press. By sincere interest? To annoy his rival Catalan pole since the beginning of the summer on the record?
- "It's up to him to talk" -
If the most expensive player in the history of football, transferred from Barcelona to Paris for 222 million euros in 2017, landed in the Spanish capital, it would be a double failure for the Catalan club, which would see one of its priority targets to desert Camp Nou but also, and it is probably worse, to join the sworn enemy.
"If Neymar joined our biggest rival, it would hurt us, especially after playing at home, we hope he'll come back, he's a spectacular player, one of the best in the world. Exceptional signing! "said Barcelona midfielder Carles Aleña during the preseason blaugrana tour of the United States.
Madrid coach Zinédine Zidane did not want to comment on the potential arrival of Neymar, but the offers of the Real are, according to the press, more enticing and its relations with Paris excellent.
Advantage, however, for Barça: Neymar still maintains a deep friendship with his former teammates, especially with Gerard Piqué, who urged his friend to "talk".
"It's up to him to talk, of course, we talk to him, but I can not tell you what we're talking about privately." If he wants to speak and give his opinion, he has to leave his silence and say it. ", said Piqué in Miami.
- Point of no return to the Park -
More categorically, the vice-president of the club Jordi Cardoner had sent on June 27: "Neymar wants to return to Barça", shortly before the Brazilian evokes the Barcelona remount at the expense of PSG as one of the best memories of his career.
New element, the departure of the Brazilian star is called by supporters of PSG, who expressed their anger with banners and songs with explicit messages, Sunday at the Park, between the "Casse-toi!" and the "Neymar, son of a bitch".
A situation of tension came to add to the decision of the leaders to remove their player from the team for the resumption of the championship: Saturday, during the traditional pre-match press conference, the new sports director of PSG Leonardo, warmly applauded Sunday, had said the talks were "more advanced than before" regarding the transfer of his Brazilian prodigy. "If he leaves, he leaves, the sooner (we'll know), the better (it will be)", had sliced Leonardo.
What give even more credit to the rumors of a replacement of 'Ney' by another star at PSG. The latest comes from the Italian press, which argues that Paris will formulate an offer to Juventus Turin to recruit Argentine 25-year-old Paulo Dybala.
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